2. Who We Are
  3. Our Business Structure
  4. Our Brands
  5. Our Opportunities
  6. Our Recruitment Method
  7. Whats Cooking
  8. Our Way
  9. Our Impact
  10. Do More Foundation
  11. Our Wins

Management Trainees

Here’s some food for thought: Would you rather eat a stale cheese sandwich, or a fresh soft taco served with juicy beef steak, hummus, caramelised onion, feta and toasted corn salsa?

We think we know your answer.

At RCL FOODS, we believe variety is the spice of life, and we’ve got the perfect mix of essential ingredients to create your recipe for career success! No stale cheese sandwiches here. We’re all about adding quality, tasty career ingredients to help you craft your recipe for a successful future.

Like the taste of that?
Pea pod

Join our Management Trainee Programme
and craft your career recipe for success

We’re giving graduates in South Africa the opportunity to develop their unique recipe for success in their professional journey

Our Management Trainee Programme offers exceptional development opportunities to self-motivated, talented individuals who are full of flavour, enabling them to achieve a successful future.

Through a fast-paced, accelerated learning environment, Management Trainees will receive essential career ingredients from their trainers. They’ll receive the development training, experience and mentorship needed to take them to leadership levels within RCL FOODS.

Our aggressive fast track development programme is the perfect entree for career success, forming an integral part of building our future RCL FOODS leadership pipeline, by preparing graduates to take on leadership roles within 4 to 5 years.

MushroomsYour Future starts here

DISCOVER OUR OPPORTUNITIES HERE!

Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering
Industrial Engineering Industrial Engineering
Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering
Customer Customer
Marketing Marketing
Human Resources Human Resources
Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Instrumentation Engineering Instrumentation Engineering

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 31 August 2023

Step 1

Step 1: ONLINE APPLICATION
PREPARATION TIME: 30 MINUTES
Complete a questionnaire and upload your CV and academic transcripts.

Step 2

Step 2: GAMIFIED ASSESSMENT AND VIDEO INTERVIEW
PREPARATION TIME: 20 MINUTES EACH
Complete mobile enabled assessments as well as a recorded video interview.

Step 3

Step 3: CASE STUDY AND INTERVIEW
PREPARATION TIME: 1 DAY
Complete a business case study and take part in a panel interview with RCL FOODS.

Step 4

Step 4: SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES SHORTLISTED
PREPARATION TIME: 3-5 DAYS AFTER CASE STUDY
If selected as one of the final candidates, pre-employment checks will be requested by our recruitment team.

Step 5

Step 5: OFFER PREPARED
Once checks are prepared, our recruitment team will prepare an offer.

Step 6

Step 6: YOUR FUTURE STARTS HERE
Start crafting your recipe for success!

Our recruitment method
Check out whats cooking Check out whats cooking

0 9180 Country wide applicants

27 438 437 2852 267 401 523 231 4004

Choose a province

Choose a province above to see how many other trainees have applied for the career of your choice.

KwaZulu-Natal

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Instrumentation Engineering 119
  2. Mechanical Engineering 190
  3. Electrical Engineering 285
  4. Industrial Engineering 86
  5. Chemical Engineering 252
  6. Customer 621
  7. Marketing 547
  8. Human Resources 752

Gauteng

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Instrumentation Engineering 88
  2. Mechanical Engineering 342
  3. Electrical Engineering 295
  4. Industrial Engineering 326
  5. Chemical Engineering 289
  6. Customer 1054
  7. Marketing 646
  8. Human Resources 964

Western Cape

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Instrumentation Engineering 10
  2. Mechanical Engineering 44
  3. Electrical Engineering 29
  4. Industrial Engineering 18
  5. Chemical Engineering 61
  6. Customer 76
  7. Marketing 72
  8. Human Resources 128

Northern Cape

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Mechanical Engineering 01
  2. Electrical Engineering 03
  3. Industrial Engineering 02
  4. Chemical Engineering 01
  5. Customer 05
  6. Marketing 03
  7. Human Resources 12

Eastern Cape

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Instrumentation Engineering 08
  2. Mechanical Engineering 48
  3. Electrical Engineering 29
  4. Industrial Engineering 04
  5. Chemical Engineering 12
  6. Customer 129
  7. Marketing 67
  8. Human Resources 140

Free State

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Instrumentation Engineering 10
  2. Mechanical Engineering 31
  3. Electrical Engineering 46
  4. Industrial Engineering 07
  5. Chemical Engineering 16
  6. Customer 49
  7. Marketing 39
  8. Human Resources 69

Mpumalanga

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Instrumentation Engineering 25
  2. Mechanical Engineering 68
  3. Electrical Engineering 89
  4. Industrial Engineering 39
  5. Chemical Engineering 53
  6. Customer 97
  7. Marketing 56
  8. Human Resources 96

North West Province

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Instrumentation Engineering 06
  2. Mechanical Engineering 23
  3. Electrical Engineering 20
  4. Industrial Engineering 09
  5. Chemical Engineering 16
  6. Customer 57
  7. Marketing 32
  8. Human Resources 68

Limpopo

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Instrumentation Engineering 06
  2. Mechanical Engineering 29
  3. Electrical Engineering 37
  4. Industrial Engineering 18
  5. Chemical Engineering 35
  6. Customer 110
  7. Marketing 69
  8. Human Resources 97
Want some more?

We need management trainees who will be
MORE Brave, MORE Curious and MORE Open while having MORE Fun!

PS more fun, it's contagious

Because any thing less won’t achieve more.

Our recipe for success is best served with a big dollop of action!


It’s only with the perfect mix of essential ingredients and the flavour for MORE that creates the recipe for success in your career.

More Impact

For the greatest impact, you need to face the brutal facts and clear the biggest hurdles.

More Brave

Have the courage to do the right thing. Make bold bold decisions. Learn from your mistakes.

More Open

Be generous with knowledge. Value the views of others, regardless of who they are.

More Speed

Speed and simplicity go hand in hand, so be clear, stay lean, go fast!

More You

Be yourself. Be authentic. Be MORE you

DISCOVER OTHERS ON THE JOURNEY WITH YOU

Our wins
1

Top Employer: We have been certified as a Top Employer by the Top Employer Institute for 2023.

2

RCL FOODS is one of the first companies to receive recognition for participating in the Youth Employment Service (Y.E.S.) Programme

3

LinkedIn: We have been recognized as the Best Talent Acquisition team for South Africa in the above 500 employees’ category at the 2018 & 2019 South African LinkedIn Talent Awards.

4

SAGEA: We have won silver for the best Digital Campaign at the 2019 South African Graduate Employee Association awards evening.

5

SAGEA: We have won silver for the best Integrated Campaign (up to 20 graduates) at the 2019 South African Graduate Employee Association awards evening.

6

SAGEA: We have won Gold for Best Integrated Campaign 2021, less than 15 graduates at the South African Graduate Employee Association awards evening.

RECRUITMENT FRAUD WARNING

Criminal syndicates claiming to be RCL FOODS are fraudulently attempting to apply for credit, invite tender applications and ‘recruit’ on our behalf (for a fee). Please be aware that we will never contact a supplier or prospective supplier via SMS or social media to invite them to tender, nor would RCL FOODS- or organisations acting on our behalf –ask for payment at any stage in the recruitment process.

Please report any suspicious activity to the SAPS and call our Tip-offs Anonymous hotline on 0800 00 3224